About this report

This report shows the total number of hospital separations at Victorian public hospitals.

Notes:

Statewide total includes all Victorian Hospitals reporting activity to the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED).

The Anne Caudle campus of Bendigo Healthcare has been incorporated into Bendigo Hospital from January 2017.

Understanding admission & separation

An admission is a process whereby the hospital accepts responsibility for the patient's care or treatment. Admission follows a clinical decision based upon specified criteria that a patient requires same-day or overnight (multi-day) care or treatment. A separation is defined as 'the process by which an episode of care for an admitted patient ceases'. Separations include instances whereby a patient's episode is closed and a new episode opened for a change in the type of care provided; for example, from acute to sub-acute care.